Short Gnarl Poems

dark
uproot 
sunnier 
kindred oak trees 
yield

gnarl
noble
an ageless
reverent yet
large



3/17/2019...

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.. though the waves
violently swirl
and splash about,
though they fiercely
gnarl and roar,
the rippling wavelets
woo and caress,
lap and gently kiss
the shore .....

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although the waves violently swirl 
   and splash about, 
      fiercely gnarl 
         and roar,

   their rippling wavelets so gently 
      woo and caress 
         the soothing,
            soft shore....

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Circle ,circle, dot, dot
who hates me or love moe not,
tempting; the wrath of man
So long I've been captured in my corner,
and came full attack,
Like the Jabberwockee,
The gnarl or bite of my tongue;
Is surely worser than my bark...

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.. though the waves
      violently swirl
         and splash about,

.. though they fiercely
      gnarl and roar,
         the rippling wavelets

   woo and caress,
      lap and gently kiss
         the soft shore ..

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Who are they? The oaks asked, their roots in a gnarl.
They are the Halloween cats, we replied with a snarl.
They are prissy and persnickety and they think they’re all that.
Well that’s a typical attitude the oaks said, for a Halloween cat....

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Today, it seems as twig of tree

Of gentle flourish or gnarl on knee,

Tomorrow is a promised day

To glorify each yesterway,

Youth survived a solo performance

With pleasure, a moments endurance

Each day is not to borrow,


Still, there is always tomorrow...

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Too long I sleep,
Only darkness I see;
Blackened, my eyes,
Blinded, I rise.

Too long I sleep,
How forgotten the world is,
How memories faded (in depth),
Like butter, it is melting,
The very life and routine, it's sickening.

Now, I rise from my slumber,
Beware, my friends, the lions awake;
Search, gnarl, scavenge everything,
For rights, sights; fight with everything,
Wage your life; future is yours to take....

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Listen to poem:

a red sunset lights the sky
as if over Dante's damned inferno
fierce fiery colours lashing out
across the horizon's jagged ridge

the fangs, they gnarl and menace
they growl at another day 
that sadly brings about 
more shame than good

but the determined live
to fight another day



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on March 22, 2022 for contest FORM J - JUST WRITE ME A NEW POEM POETRY sponsored by CONSTANCE LA FRANCE  -  RANKED 3RD...

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